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Tarquinius Priscus
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was, according to Roman tradition, the fifth king of Rome, reigning from 616 to 579 BCE. Said to be the son of Demaratus, a Corinthian exile who settled at Tarquinii, he moved to Rome and won the throne after the death of Ancus Marcius. Tradition credits him with laying out the Circus Maximus, draining the Forum and beginning the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline.
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